IC 2673
IC 2673
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
275 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 275 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2673 as it looked roughly 275 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
IC 2674Spiral4.7 million ly
apartIC 2698Spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 2708Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 2689Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 2758Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 2804Barred spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2698Spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 2708Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 2689Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 2758Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 2804Barred spiral19 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).